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Project director for light rail Scott Lyall with Transport Minister Meegan Fitzharris in November 2016: Mr Lyall has ...

Gravy train: Light rail chief signs on for $740K paycheck

Kirsten Lawson

Rosco McGlashan plans to become the world's fastest man is in jeopardy.

Tax man puts brakes on Australia's bid for land speed glory

Noel Towell

Family and friends gather on Regatta Point for the Australia day celebrations.

Canberrans lukewarm on new-look Australia Day celebrations

Clare Sibthorpe

Christie Rea was told to ''cover-up'' as she breastfed her baby daughter at the National Gallery of Australia.

Gallery apologises for asking breastfeeding mother to cover up

It is hoped hundreds of public servants will finally move to office space in Woden in a couple of weeks.

ACT Health public servants to move to Woden in weeks

Katie Burgess

Batemans Bay property values are expected to surge over the coming years.

Why now is a good time to invest in Batemans Bay

Emma Kelly

Trump created a crisis, then came his 'diplomacy'

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Australia day plane did not have permission to fly so low

David Allan-Petale

31-day-old baby girl was tortured almost her whole life

'Grossest movie ever made' sparks mass walkout at Sundance

Supermarket soft drink sales slump amid health fears

EXCLUSIVE

Hollywood actress Stef Dawson grew up in Canberra and used to spend a lot of time at Farrer Ridge. Photo: Jamila Toderas

'I'm happiest in the bush': Canberra still home for Hollywood actress

Megan Doherty

The Canberra Prosperous Mountain Lion Dance group are getting ready for the the Chinese New Year celebrations.

ACT lion dance troupe promises roaring start to Chinese New Year

Rafael Nadal. Rafael Nadal vs Grigor Dimitrov during the men's semi finals at the Rod Laver Arena. Day 12 of the ...

Nadal and Dimitrov stage epic battle at the Australian Open

Live

Ben Whishaw stars as Q and Daniel Craig stars as James Bond.

Bond's gadget expert Q really exists at M16 - and she's a woman

Matthew McConaughey stars as Kenny Wells in Stephen Gaghan's film Gold, based upon the real-life Bre-X scandal of the 1990s.

Fat, bald and washed-up: this can't be Matthew McConaughey

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Women's doubles champions celebrate with dance

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How to care for your feet during running season

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Talking to a therapist can literally rewire your brain

Donald Trump, Theresa May vow close ties as split ...

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Copper, aluminium poised to slide

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Morrison defends negative gearing against Liberal ...

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Family and friends gather on Regatta Point for the Australia day celebrations.

Fewer Canberrans tune in and turn up to Australia Day events

6 things to do in Canberra this weekend

You have to admire the gumption of Mount Coree's water seller

Zoe Doerr, of Watson, loved the Vegemite ice cream but her mum US-born Veronica, who earlier in the day became an ...

Happy little Vegemites? Canberra gets a taste of Vegemite ice cream

Marbk Barkendjah at Aboriginal Tent Embassy on Australia Day.

Aboriginal Tent Embassy protesters call for treaty

Volvo is struggling to predict the movement of kangaroos as it develops animal detection safety software

Government spends $612,000 to make 135 kangaroos infertile

Bentspoke's Tracy Margrain and Richard Watkins with their Barley Griffin and Crankshaft beers, which both finished in ...

Braddon's Bentspoke brews make top 20 in craft beer countdown

A four-week-old human-pig embryo.

First human-pig embryos give hope of organ chimera

Safety authorites will inspect the plane on Friday, which is still in the Swan River.

Swan River crash plane did not have low fly permission

WA

Mark and Gino Stocco, who were captured on a property where Rosario Cimone's body was also located.

Stoccos: killed caretaker's kids tell of nightmares

Brett Sutcliffe is still running the Spousebusters private investigators agency.

Sleuth who spies on spouses now under scrutiny

NSW

It is hoped hundreds of public servants will finally move to office space in Woden in a couple of weeks.

ACT Health public servants to move to Woden in weeks

Rosco McGlashan plans to become the world's fastest man are in jeopardy.

Tax man puts brakes on Australia's bid for land speed glory

Martin Parkinson , honoured for leadership in public service.

Australia Day gong for APS chief Martin Parkinson

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has not allayed concerns about whether the Turnbull government's refugee swap deal will go ...

Bishop refuses to express confidence in refugee swap

Patrick Hatch

Man charged with police assault in 'invasion day' march a Green

EXCLUSIVE
Heath Aston

'Vulnerability': PM calls for more bollards in pedestrian areas

Fergus Hunter

Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen has launched a stinging attack on internal warfare inside the NSW Greens.

'Cabal driven by factionalism': Labor slams Greens 'civil war'

Deborah Snow

Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop.

Bishop tells Trump Asia wants 'more US leadership, not less'

NBN fibre optic cable is rolled out in suburban Melbourne.

NBN strips info from own website about broadband tech rollout

Greens leader Senator Richard Di Natale says all his colleagues should be proud of the work they have done in their ...

Greens in public brawl amid doubts over Di Natale leadership

EXCLUSIVE
Adam Gartrell

President Donald Trump at his desk on Air Force One on Thursday.

Twitter diplomacy as Trump adds more fuel to Mexico fire

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.

Spicer shows us the border wall money - then it's gone

ANALYSIS
Paul McGeough

Indonesian Armed Forces Chief General Gatot Nurmantyo, right, speaks to the media as Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, ...

Australia criticised for not arresting consulate protesters

Jewel Topsfield

Rolf Harris.

Rolf Harris ordered to appear in court for sex assault verdict

Dating's tricky when you're an ''ambivert''.

I'm not an introvert or an extrovert - I'm an 'ambivert'

COMMENT
Chelsey Drysdale

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The latest cartoons from David Pope

"Oh television, you've come back into my life again".

An old flame flickers again

COMMENT
Garry Linnell

Coles and Woolworths know that price-cutting is 'unsustainable'.

Struggling supermarkets rely on beer, babies and smokes

IN DEPTH

Illustration: Glen LeLievre

Can't find a pattern? It's probably probability

COMMENT
Ross Gittins

The Guiyang International Big Data Expo 2016.

Are algorithms firing the wrong people?

Hardback and paperback books were both headed for solid growth in the first eight months of last year.

One for the books: how print beat digital

COMMENT
Leonid Bershidsky

Development site sales reach $2.5b with more to come

Tentacle tower trumped, replaced with 'polite' building

Supermarket soft drink sales slump amid health fears

EXCLUSIVE

Facebook changing news and video rankings

An ACT government operation has uncovered instances of underquoting.

Investigation uncovers underquoting at Canberra auctions

24 October 2012. News. Steph Anderson Story. Canberra Times photo by Rohan Thomson. Shops and parking along the Kings ...

Pipeline of projects renews confidence in Queanbeyan

Some people believe an empty rocking chair invites in bad spirits.

Very superstitious: the unluckiest objects you have at home

Judy Thanh Truc (also known as Judy Nguyen)

Estate agents face jail over 'misappropriating' $2m of clients' money

It can be harder to spot the features you want to avoid in an unfamiliar area.

Red flags: five ways to know if a suburb isn’t right for you

Premixed cocktails used to be looked down on. Not anymore.

This surprising new drink trend for 2017 is a true Aussie icon

Smart Sipping

Chucking a sickie is an honoured tradition.

Nine totally believable excuses to chuck a sickie

Self Improvement

You need to advise Centrelink of an inheritance.

Should I declare my inheritance to Centrelink?

George Cochrane

The US President is talking a big economic game.

TPP not main game in Trump's trick bag

Jessica Irvine

Playing sport at work has proven health outcomes.

Team sports at work: Love 'em or hate 'em?

James Adonis

Zoi Vafias found getting capital to grow her fashion business difficult.

Why Australian women are succeeding in export

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Nadal downs Raonic to enter semi-finals

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Trump could reopen CIA 'black site' prisons

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Usain Bolt stripped of Olympic medal

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2017 Australian of the Year: Alan Mackay-Sim

Swimmers rinse off after a swim at Clovelly Beach before the temperatures rise in Sydney. 24th January, 2017. Photo: ...

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Wander through ancient landscapes in WA

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Matthew McConaughey gained 20 kilos for his role in <i>Gold</i>.

Fat, bald, washed-up: Matthew McConaughey's mega makeover

Karl Quinn

The title frame for Kuso.

'Grossest movie ever made' sparks mass walkout at Sundance

Rob Moran

Every dog's favourite, apparently: Bob Marley in 1980.

Dogs love reggae and soft rock, new study finds

Rob Moran

Amy Shark

Hottest 100: Top solo female artist was 'on the floor' after placing #2

Nathanael Cooper

Martin Sheen as Willard in Francis Ford Coppola's, Apocalypse Now.

Apocalypse Soon: The horror, the horror to become computer game

Karl Quinn

Shia LaBeouf, Nazi hunter, outside his anti-Donald Trump interactive installation #HeWillNotDivideUs.

Shia LaBeouf arrested at anti-Trump art show in New York

Christopher D. Shea

Meryl Streep as ruthless Miranda Priestly in <i>The Devil Wears Prada</i>.

Elton John to write The Devil Wears Prada musical

Ellen Parsons

Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti will boycott the Oscars over Donald Trump's controversial visa ban.

Actress to boycott Oscars over Donald Trump's 'racist' visa ban

Michael Idato

Friends Nicola Roth and Charlotte Lynch who are travelling to Namibia to run 250km.

Canberrans to run across African desert to raise cancer awareness

Iggy Gavrilovic, eight, who was selling water at the top of Mount Coree. With no sales he's going to use his excess ...

We found Iggy the mysterious water seller on Mount Coree

Sculptor Tom Buckland is leading workshops which turn soft toys into something else entirely.

How to get rid of - and re-imagine - all those soft toys

In her feminist manifesto and memoir, Fight Like a Girl, Clementine Ford recounts disturbing abuse of feminists by ...

I couldn't care less if men think I lack a sense of humour

COMMENT
Clementine Ford

Jennifer Lawrence was one of the 30 celebrities involved in the hacking ordeal.

Jennifer Lawrence ‘celebgate’ hacker jailed for nine months

Nicole Economos

Sydney artist Alli Sebastian Wolf with her 'Glitoris', a 100:1 model of a clitoris exhibiting?at The Bearded Tit in Redfern.?

How well do you really know the clitoris?

Jenny Noyes

Koraly and her daughter

My epic road trip as a single mum

Koraly Dimitriadis

Australian rates of labiaplasty – sometimes called ‘the Barbie surgery’ – have doubled since 2001.

How healthy are your undies?

Clare Press

Kirsten Dunst has come a long way since her dungaree-clad Jumanji days, and while this prim-and-proper white number ...

It has been a great week for Kirsten Dunst's wardrobe

19 year old artist Emma Krenzer has touched thousands with a powerful visual on the lasting impact of sexual assault.

The art student whose uni project went viral

Arielle De Bono

Roxane Gay receives the Freedom to Write Award during the PEN Center USA's 25th Annual Literary Awards Festival at the ...

Roxane Gay pulls book from publisher in Twitter troll protest

Katie Mettler

The type of workout you enjoy may depend on your personality.

What the best fitness routine for your personality?

Gabriella Boston

DIet is different for everyone.

'Diet is a four-letter word'

Ellie Krieger

On your bike: Eric Adams has pedalled his way back to health.

Fighting diabetes, and leading by example

JANE E. BRODY

When it comes to pizza, there's nothing better than homemade.

Neil Perry's rocket and prosciutto summer pizza

XO's black sesame cake with a yuzu curd and ginger ice cream.

Where to eat your way into Chinese New Year 2017 in Canberra

Jil Hogan

Matcha the Frog - Sydney Lunar Markets 2017 -?Learn how Sydney baker Baked By Andres makes her matcha dome cake

How to create Matcha the Frog

"When I saw the fish in that tiny plastic cup,silently I seethed."

The worst 'thanks for coming' present you can give a kid at a party

Other kids are capable of breaking your child's heart.

'Since when did mean girls behaviour start in kindergarten?'

Eight-year-old James is recovering in hospital after attempting to recreate the dangerous YouTube "fire bending" stunt.

YouTube craze leaves 8-year-old boy with second degree burns

There are some things the travel brochures never tell you about France.

The 10 things you should never do in France

Paul Byrnes

The seat squeeze had become worse on some airlines.

Six ways flying is worse now than it was 20 years ago

Michael Gebicki

Serena Williams says growing up in Compton, Los Angeles, made her tough.

Serena Williams on the five places that changed her life

Julietta Jameson

Ben Whishaw stars as Q and Daniel Craig stars as James Bond.

Bond's gadget expert Q exists ... as a woman

The cinema will soon, once again, be the only place for 3D films.

Bad news for 3D TV fans: it's officially dead

A four-week-old human-pig embryo.

Scientists create a human-pig embryo for organ transplants

Nintendo Switch

Nintendo Switch launch line-up gets beefier

Kotaku

Discard e-gadgets are rife across south-east Asia.

Asia buried beneath discarded devices

2017 Lamborghini Aventador S.

We drive the wildest supercar in the world

David McCowen

The Ford Mustang received a two-star crash test rating.

Two-stars: Ford Mustang's shock crash test result

David McCowen

Mercedes-Benz Aesthetic A sculpture previews its next generation styling.

Mercedes-Benz previews next generation styling

Greg Kable

2017 Porsche Panamera 4 E-Hybrid.

Driven: Porsche Panamera 4 E-Hybrid

Toby Hagon

2017 Skoda Kodiaq Scout.

Scout ahead: Skoda's SUV gets off-road ready

The Drive Team

2017 Mazda MX-5 RF GT.

'Buy a Toyota 86 if you want power': MX-5 boss

David McCowen

Jeff Lima will captain the Canberra Raiders at the Auckland Nines.

Lima looks to launch return as Raiders' Auckland Nines captain

Pat McCabe was forced to retire after breaking his neck last year.

Brumbies warrior Pat McCabe is making a rugby comeback

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Women's Australian Football: A league of their own

Brumbies player Ben Alexander and his brother Tom Alexander. Ben and Tom will play against each other in the Brumbies' ...

Brumbies bros ready to settle Monopoly score

Ginninderra Cricketer James Coate (right), with teammates Jak Willcox and Michael Delaney.

ACT cricketer just happy to still have his finger

The new ACT Brumbies jersey for the 2017 Super Rugby season.

What do you think of Brumbies' new jersey?

Big Bash League head Anthony Everard says it will be up to the franchises to decide where they want to play games, but ...

Mores games Big Bashes door down for Manuka

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 31: Michelle Heyman of Canberra poses during the 2016/17 W-League Season Launch on October ...

Canberra co-captains racing back from injury